Month January 2023
Russia deployed multiple exploding drones in another nighttime attack on Ukraine, officials said Monday, as the Kremlin signaled no letup in its strategy of using bombardments to target civilian infrastructure and wear down Ukrainian resistance to its invasion. The barrage… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Bar Ilan street in Jerusalem was once again the scene of violent demonstrations Sunday evening, with two people injured. The current protest however was not over the light rail due to pass through the street within the… Continue Reading →
Exiled Moscow Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt has warned Jews in Russia to leave the country before they are made into scapegoats. Rabbi Goldschmidt made the comments in an interview with The Guardian, citing growing anti-Semitism and a deteriorating political climate… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The Aviudraham lived in Seville in the part of Spain known as Andalusia in the 1300’s. What follows is an in-depth view of Asara B’Taives, which is this coming Tuesday. The author of the… Continue Reading →
Authorities in New York City are investigating whether a man who attacked three police officers at a New Year’s Eve celebration, striking two of them, was inspired by radical Islamic extremism, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the… Continue Reading →
by Nechama Rabbinowitz It is a question that I had once asked my father – Why does making money make us feel good? There are several reasons for it, but as a general rule, Hashem put it in the teva… Continue Reading →
(JNS) — Pro-Israel activists expressed outrage and disappointment this week over the Claims Conference’s decision to feature actor-comedian Seth Rogen as a headliner in its celebrity-studded virtual Hanukkah event honoring Holocaust survivors. The Jewish Canadian-American’s public remarks have been interpreted… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara on Sunday evening visited the Kosel along with Kosel Chief Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz and Western Wall Heritage Foundation Director Mordechai Eliav, to mark the swearing-in of Israel’s 37th government. Prime Minister Netanyahu… Continue Reading →
Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, known for her strong support of former President Donald Trump and his “MAGA” agenda, was reportedly heard calling Trump a “whack job” in private conversations, the New York Times reports. Stefanik has been the third-highest ranking… Continue Reading →
Back in June 2022, the state of New York suspended certain fuel and motor taxes to help individuals out a little bit at the pump. But as 2023 begins, Mark Gruba, AAA communications specialist, warns that the break at the… Continue Reading →
Newly sworn-in Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich on Sunday instructed his staff to prepare for the cancellation of the taxes on disposable tableware and sweet drinks that were implemented by former minister Avigdor Lieberman. Smotrich had already announced in the past,… Continue Reading →
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Just in time for the New Year, New York lawmakers have become the highest paid state legislators in the nation under a bill signed Saturday. Members of both houses are getting a pay raise of $32,000,… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Motzei Shabbos responded to the resolution by the United Nations General Assembly on Friday night requesting that the International Court of Justice (ICC) discuss Israel’s “prolonged occupation, settlement and annexation” of Yehudah and Shomron and… Continue Reading →
Former President Donald Trump is very angry at Fox News for having pushed him to the side, saying that it has lost his “MAGA base” and that the network would get a ratings boost if only they spoke about him… Continue Reading →
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel’s military fired missiles toward the international airport of the capital Damascus early Monday, putting it out of service and killing two soldiers and wounding two others, the Syrian army said. The attack, the first this year,… Continue Reading →
Even as the House GOP leadership keeps silent, a veteran Republican lawmaker said Sunday that George Santos should consider resigning after the congressman-elect from New York admitted to lying about his heritage, education and professional career. Texas Rep. Kevin Brady,… Continue Reading →
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul was sworn in for her first elected term on Sunday, making history as the first woman elected to the position in the state. The Democrat, launching her term as the 57th… Continue Reading →
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey beamed as an excavator’s heavy claw smashed through the windows of an old state office building and began tearing off the façade. In one of his last public appearances in mid-December, the outgoing Republican governor watched… Continue Reading →
Howard Fischer, a 63-year old investor living north of New York City, has a wish for when he dies. He wants his remains to be placed in a vessel, broken down by tiny microbes and composted into rich, fertile soil…. Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 4:25 pmMaariv: 4:40 pm Rabbi Moshe LevitinBrother Rabbi Mendel LevitinBrother
A terrifying – and nearly tragic – incident unfolded in front of 76 Twin Avenue in Spring Valley on Sunday when a child found an unattended loaded .22-caliber gun and pointed it at another child in jest. As reported by… Continue Reading →